Outline Notes, Student Retention and Achievement During the 2020 Online Lectures

Panos Photopoulos, Vassilis Trizonis, Odysseus Tsakiridis, Dimitrios Metafas

2025

Abstract

This paper evaluates the outcomes of the teaching initiatives implemented in March 2020 when lessons transitioned from the classroom to the Internet due to the health crisis. They are concerned with delivering an introductory Analogue Electronics course to first-year engineering students. The strategies included partial instructor-provided (pi-p) notes, recorded video lectures, and continuous assessment through phase exams. The evaluation of these initiatives was based on student performance and survey data. Although students reported satisfaction with the partial instructor notes, participation in the phase exams declined towards the end of the semester. Despite this decline, the overall student pass rate and average marks increased in 2020 compared to the previous academic year when teaching and assessment were conducted in person. The overall picture highlighted the absence of an effective mechanism for retaining class participation. Reflecting on the collected data, the course's managing team planned an educational intervention for the 2020-2021 academic year to ensure consistent improvement. The feedback from the 2020 course delivery served as a foundation for designing a new remote teaching process which improved student achievement in 2021.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Photopoulos P., Trizonis V., Tsakiridis O. and Metafas D. (2025). Outline Notes, Student Retention and Achievement During the 2020 Online Lectures. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-746-7, SciTePress, pages 823-829. DOI: 10.5220/0013433900003932

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu25,
author={Panos Photopoulos and Vassilis Trizonis and Odysseus Tsakiridis and Dimitrios Metafas},
title={Outline Notes, Student Retention and Achievement During the 2020 Online Lectures},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU},
year={2025},
pages={823-829},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013433900003932},
isbn={978-989-758-746-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU
TI - Outline Notes, Student Retention and Achievement During the 2020 Online Lectures
SN - 978-989-758-746-7
AU - Photopoulos P.
AU - Trizonis V.
AU - Tsakiridis O.
AU - Metafas D.
PY - 2025
SP - 823
EP - 829
DO - 10.5220/0013433900003932
PB - SciTePress